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East Sussex WRAS has been chosen as one of 12 local charities to benefit from this year’s Santa Bus!
Brighton & Hove Buses launched it’s Santa Bus 2024 at an event at the prestigious Royal Pavilion in Brighton yesterday.
East Sussex WRAS’s Trevor Weeks MBE and Katrina Hodges attended the launch representing WRAS as one of the twelve chosen charities and will share funds raised with their partner’s at Brighton & Hove Wildlife Advice & Rescue Service who bring thousands of casualties to East Sussex WRAS’s Casualty Centre at Whitesmith from the Brighton & Hove area.
The very first, and largest, Santa Bus operation in the UK, has been running for 21 years now. In previous years, the Santa Bus has raised a whopping £417,000 for multiple charities, helping
support local people across our community and beyond.
This year the Santa Bus will return to the city streets once again raising money for 12 fantastic local charities.
The 2024 Santa Bus charities are:
Martlets,
Chestnut Tree House,
Brighton and Hove Museums,
Rockinghorse Children’s Charity,
Amaze,
Clock Tower Sanctuary,
Fareshare Sussex & Surrey,
Together Co,
Possability People,
East Sussex Wildlife Rescue,
MindOut,
Brighton Women’s Centre.
The Santa Bus will travel 20 routes over 20 nights from Monday 25th November until Monday 23rd December 2024, whilst spreading festive cheer to all.
To announce the chosen charities, the Santa Bus team led by Santa himself, came together at the world-famous Royal Pavilion in Brighton to share the exciting news.
Santa was joined by the Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex, Juliet Olsworth, and Brighton & Hove Mayor, Cllr Mohammed Asaduzzaman for this very special announcement.
Brighton & Hove Buses are looking for local businesses to take part and become Santa Bus Collection Points. If you would like to be one, get in touch with them direct. You can get all the Santa Bus updates, including how to sign up a to be a collection point at https://www.buses.co.uk/SantaBus
A huge thank you to Brighton & Hove Buses for all their help and support and for choosing East Sussex WRAS as one of their chosen charities.
